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__________________2008__________________

 

North Korean Links to Building of a Nuclear Reactor in Syria: Implications for International Law
By Daniel Joyner
April 28, 2008

Prosecutor v. Ramush Haradinaj et al.: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Threshold of Non-International Armed Conflict in International Humanitarian Law
By Anthony Cullen and Marko Divac Öberg
April 23, 2008

Medellin v. Texas: Supreme Court Holds ICJ Decisions under the Consular Convention Not Binding Federal Law, Rejects Presidential Enforcement of ICJ Judgments over State Proceedings
By Margaret E. McGuinness
April 18, 2008

The WTO Gambling Dispute: Antigua Mulls Retaliation as the U.S. Negotiates Withdrawal of its GATS Commitments
By Simon Lester
April 8, 2008

The Bali Climate Change Conference
By Elizabeth Burleson
March 18, 2008

A WTO Panel Openly Rejects the Appellate Body’s “Zeroing” Case Law
By Sungjoon Cho
March 11, 2008

Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence: Self-Determination, Secession and Recognition
By Christopher J. Borgen
February 29, 2008

Spanish Supreme Court Affirms Conviction of Argentine Former Naval Officer
By Richard J. Wilson
January 30, 2008

__________________2007__________________

 

Accountability of Private Security Contractors under International and Domestic Law
By Laura A. Dickinson
December 26, 2007

ICSID Annulment Committee Rules on the Relationship between Customary and Treaty Exceptions on Necessity in Situations of Financial Crisis
By Jürgen T. Kurtz
December 20, 2007

The UN Security Council Marks Seventh Anniversary of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security with Open Debate
By C. Cora True-Frost
December 17, 2007

Canadian-made Drugs for Rwanda: The First Application of the WTO Waiver on Patents and Medicines
By Holger P. Hestermeyer
December 10, 2007

Russia’s Claim in the Arctic and the Vexing Issue of Ridges in UNCLOS
By Marc Benitah
November 8, 2007

The ICJ Awards Sovereignty over Four Caribbean Sea Islands to Honduras and Fixes a Single Maritime Boundary between Nicaragua and Honduras
By Pieter Bekker & Ana Stanic
October 17, 2007

The UN General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
By Stefania Errico
October 9, 2007

Counterinsurgency, Rule of Law Operations, and International Law
By David P. Fidler
September 19, 2007

WTO Panel decision in Brazil – Tyres supports safeguarding environmental values
By Julia Qin
September 5, 2007

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: Supreme Court Upholds New York City Action for Tax Liens against UN Missions
By Alexander K.A. Greenawalt
August 28, 2007

European Court of Human Rights Expands Privacy Protections: Copland v. United Kingdom
By Fred H. Cate
August 6, 2007

German Constitutional Court Rules on Necessity in Argentine Bondholder Case
By Stephan W. Schill
July 31, 2007

Russia Suspends CFE Treaty Participation
By Duncan B. Hollis
July 23, 2007

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism Enters into Force
By David P. Fidler
July 5, 2007

The ICTR transfers Michel Bagaragaza to the Netherlands for Trial
By Alhagi Marong
June 18, 2007

The United States and the 1982 Law of the Sea Treaty
By David D. Caron and Harry N. Scheiber
June 11, 2007

The Bush Administration and Democrats Reach a Bipartisan Deal on Trade Policy
By Sungjoon Cho
May 29, 2007

The Seventh Circuit Again Finds Jurisdiction for Private Remedies for Violations of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
By Chimène I. Keitner and Kenneth C. Randall
May 14, 2007

U.S. Supreme Court, Greenhouse Gas Regulation and Foreign Policy Considerations
By Cymie R. Payne
May 03, 2007

The Chemical Weapons Convention After Ten Years: Successes and Future Challenges
By David P. Fidler
April 27, 2007

Australian Detainee Pleads Guilty before the First Military Commission
By Dr Stephen Tully
April 23, 2007

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Forum Non Conveniens Case
By Christopher A. Whytock
April 5, 2007

World Court finds Serbia Responsible for Breaches

of Genocide Convention, but Not Liable for Committing Genocide
By Jason Morgan-Foster and Pierre-Olivier Savoie
April 3, 2007

D.C. Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Military Commissions Act Withdrawal of Federal Habeas Jurisdiction for Guantanamo Detainees
By Andrew Kent
March 21, 2007

The Situation in Darfur: Prosecutor’s Application under Article 58(7) of the Rome Statute
By Kevin Jon Heller
March 16, 2007

ICC Confirms Charges against DRC Militia Leader
By Jason Morgan-Foster
March 9, 2007

Six-Party Talks Produce Action Plan on North Korean Nuclear Disarmament
By Christopher J. Le Mon
March 6, 2007

Indonesia’s Decision to Withhold Influenza Virus Samples from the World Health Organization: Implications for International Law
By David P. Fidler
February 27, 2007

Outcome of the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, November-December 2006
By David P. Fidler
February 23, 2007

Double Interim Relief Denial in Argentina-Uruguay Pulp Mill Dispute before the World Court
By Pieter H.F. Bekker
February 13, 2007

European Court Rules on UN and EU Terrorist Suspect Blacklists
By Chia Lehnardt
January 31, 2007

__________________2006__________________

 

Australian Inquiry into Corporate Responsibility for Complicity in Efforts to Manipulate Humanitarian Exceptions to Security Council Sanctions Regimes
By Stephen Tully
December 21, 2006

The Iraqi High Tribunal’s Dujail Trial Opinion
By Michael P. Scharf and Michael A. Newton
December 18, 2006

German Criminal Complaint Against Donald Rumsfeld and Others
By Scott Lyons
December 14, 2006

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Decides Medellin’s Consular Convention Case
By Frederic L. Kirgis
December 8, 2006

The European Court of Justice Approves Lawsuits By The European Community Against Cigarette Companies In U.S. Courts
By Ernesto J. Sanchez
November 21, 2006

The Military Commissions Act of 2006: 
Examining the Relationship between the International Law of Armed Conflict and US Law
By John Cerone
November 13, 2006

Security Council Resolution 1718 on North Korea’s Nuclear Test
By Andreas L. Paulus and Jörn Müller
November 3, 2006

The WTO Panel on the EC-Biotech Dispute Releases Its Final Report
By Sungjoon Cho
October 26, 2006

International Law and North Korean Nuclear Testing
By Christopher J. Le Mon
October 20, 2006

A Conundrum Posed by U.S. Anti-Terrorism Policy
By Luc Reydams
October 16, 2006

The ICTR Appeals Chamber Dismisses the Prosecutor’s Appeal to Transfer Michel Bagaragaza for Trial to Norway
By Alhagi Marong
October 3, 2006

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
By Scott Lyons
September 19, 2006

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 Consolidates Seafarers’ Labour Instruments
By Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Dominick Devlin and Moira L. McConnell
September 13, 2006

The WTO Doha Round Negotiation: Suspended Indefinitely
By Sungjoon Cho
September 5, 2006

Acts of Non-State Armed Groups and the Law Governing Armed Conflict
By Jonathan Somer
August 24, 2006

Some Proportionality Issues Raised by Israel’s Use of Armed Force in Lebanon
By Frederic L. Kirgis
August 17, 2006

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
By Stefania Errico
August 14, 2006

North Korea’s Missile Firings
By Frederic L. Kirgis
July 24, 2006

Status of Detainees in Non-International Armed Conflict, and their Protection in the Course of Criminal Proceedings: The Case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

By John P. Cerone
July 14, 2006

The Supreme Court Decides a Consular Convention Case
By Frederic L. Kirgis
July 7, 2006

Special Court for Sierra Leone Dismisses Taylor Motion Against Change of Venue
By Charles Chernor Jalloh
June 15, 2006

The Committee Against Torture Urges an End to Guantánamo Detention
By Diane Marie Amann
June 8, 2006

Iran and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 30, 2006

The ASIL Centennial Annual Meeting Adopts a Resolution on the Use of Armed Force and the Treatment of Detainees
By Mary Ellen O’Connell
May 19, 2006

Argentina-Uruguay Environmental Border Dispute Before the World Court
By Pieter H.F. Bekker
May 16, 2006

The WTO Appellate Body Strikes Down the U.S. Zeroing Methodology Used in Antidumping Investigations
By Sungjoon Cho
May 4, 2006

Charles Taylor and the Special Court for Sierra Leone
By Mark A. Drumbl
April 12, 2006

Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change/First Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
By Kevin R. Gray
April 3, 2006

The New United Nations Human Rights Council
By Scott R. Lyons
March 21, 2006

Legal Lessons in Disaster Relief from the Tsunami, the Pakistan Earthquake and Hurricane Katrina
By Victoria Bannon and David Fisher
March 16, 2006

Biotech Products WTO Panel Report
By
Daniel Wüger
March 8, 2006

Shipbreaking and Le Clemenceau Row
By Marcos A. Orellana
February 24, 2006

Alleged Secret Detentions of Terrorism Suspects
By Frederic L. Kirgis
February 14, 2006
Addendum

The Danish Cartoon Row and the International Regulation of Expression
By John Cerone
February 7, 2006
Addendum

Case Concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo:  The ICJ Finds Uganda Acted Unlawfully and Orders Reparations
By Margaret E. McGuinness
January 9, 2006

__________________2005__________________

Half Full or Half Empty?: The Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Conference Has Delivered an Interim Deal for the Doha Round Negotiation
By Sungjoon Cho
December 29, 2005

GEMAP:  The New Anti-Corruption Plan for Liberia
By Scott R. Lyons
December 15, 2005

The Use of White Phosphorus Munitions by U.S. Military Forces in Iraq
By David P. Fidler
December 6, 2005

The U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute Reaches a Climax
By Joost Pauwelyn
November 29, 2005

The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, and the WTO: Diversity in International Law-Making?
By Joost Pauwelyn
November 15, 2005

The Continuing Global Spread of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) and Its Implications for International Law
David P. Fidler
November 7, 2005

Is Foreign Law International Law?
By Frederic L. Kirgis
October 31, 2005

The Application of Regional Human Rights Law Beyond Regional Frontiers: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and US Activities in Iraq
By John Cerone
October 25, 2005

The Demolition of Synagogues in the Gaza Strip
By Yaël Ronen
October 17, 2005

International Law Aspects of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document
By Frederic L. Kirgis
October 4, 2005

Iran’s Resumption of its Nuclear Program: Addendum
By Frederic L. Kirgis
September 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina and Internally Displaced Persons
By Frederic L. Kirgis
September 21, 2005

The Troubled Status of WTO Doha Round Negotiations
By Sungjoon Cho
August 25, 2005

Iran’s Resumption of Its Nuclear Program
By Frederic L. Kirgis
August 22, 2005

UN Commission Awards Compensation for Environmental and Public Health Damage from 1990-91 Gulf War
By Cymie Payne
August 10, 2005

New Developments Regarding the Prosecution of Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Special Tribunal
By Leila Nadya Sadat 
August 5, 2005

International Health Regulations: New Mandate for Scientific Cooperation
Gerald S. Schatz
August 2, 2005

The New Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
By Ronald A. Brand
July 26, 2005

The London Transportation System Bombings
By Frederic L. Kirgis
July 12, 2005

Alleged CIA Kidnapping of Muslim Cleric in Italy
By Frederic L. Kirgis
July 7, 2005

The Future Role of the British Parliament in Decisions to Enter Armed Conflicts Abroad
By Angharad Parry
June 14, 2005

The U.S. Opens Salvo at the WTO in the Airbus-Boeing Dispute
By Sungjoon Cho
May 31, 2005

The Supreme Court Backs Away from a Consular Convention Case
By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 31, 2005

WTO Appellate Body Rules on Dominican Republic Cigarette Imports
By Eliza Patterson
May 17, 2005

The World Court: Which Court Is It?
By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 3, 2005

British Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005
By Oonagh Sands
April 27, 2005

WTO Panel Rules on Geographical Indications
By Eliza Patterson
April 19, 2005

WTO Softens Earlier Condemnation of U.S. Ban on Internet Gambling, but Confirms Broad Reach into Sensitive Domestic Regulation
By Joost Pauwelyn
April 12, 2005

The WTO Decision on U.S. Cotton Subsidies
By Eliza Patterson
March 2005

Current Processes for Assessment of Women’s Human Rights in International Law
By Hadar Harris
March 2005

President Bush's Determination Regarding Mexican Nationals and Consular Convention Rights
By Frederic L. Kirgis
March 2005
Addendum

The Kyoto Protocol Enters into Force
By Chester Brown
February 2005

Nuclear Bunker-Busters and Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
By Andrew J. Grotto
February 2005

Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds NAFTA Chapter 11 Award
By Rajeev Sharma and Adam Goodman
February 2005

UN Commission’s Report on Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Darfur
Frederic L. Kirgis
February 2005
Addendum (Updated April 5, 2005)

The Future of the WTO: Report by the Consultative Board
By Sungjoon Cho
January 2005

The Indian Ocean Tsunami and International Law

By David P. Fidler
January 2005
Addendum

WTO Appellate Body Places Government Policy Statements at Risk
By Eliza Patterson
January 2005

The Slow Demise of Impunity in Argentina and Chile
By Peter A. Barcroft

January 2005

__________________2004__________________

The World Court Dismisses Serbia and Montenegro’s Complaints Against Eight NATO Members
by Pieter Bekker, Judith Levine & Felix Weinacht
December 2004

International Law and the Report of the High-Level U.N. Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change
By Frederic L. Kirgis
December 2004  
Addendum (Updated March 28, 2005)

An Attempt to Have Secretary Rumsfeld and Others Indicted for War Crimes under the German Völkerstrafgesetzbuch
By Jan Arno Hessbruegge
December 2004


U.S. Courts Rule on Absolute Immunity and Inviolability of Foreign Heads of State: The Cases against Robert Mugabe and Jiang Zemin
By Sarah Andrews
November 2004


WTO Condemnation of U.S. Ban on Internet Gambling Pits Free Trade against Moral Values 
By Joost Pauwelyn
November 2004

ICTY Appeals Chamber Decision on
Slobodan Milosevic’s Right of Self-Representation
 
By Michael P. Scharf
November 2004


Iran, the IAEA and the UN
By Andrew J. Grotto
November 2004

Prisoner Transfers Out of Iraq
By Federic L. Kirgis
October 2004
Addendum

Influenza Vaccine Supply and International Law
By David P. Fidler
October 2004
Addendum

Immunity from Prosecution for International Crimes: The Case of Charles Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
By C. Jalloh
October 2004

WTO Arbitration Decision on Retaliation Against the US over the Byrd Amendment
By Eliza Patterson
September 2004


ICTY Appeals Chamber Delivers Two Major Judgments: Blaskic and Krstic
By Mark A. Drumbl
August 2004


The U.N. Responds to the Crisis in Darfur: Security Council Resolution 1556
By Mikael Nabati
August 2004

The World Court Rules that Israel’s West Bank Barrier Violates International Law
By Pieter H.F. Bekker
July 2004

Israeli High Court Decision on Location of West Bank Barrier
By Nidal Sliman
July 2004

"U.S. Drops Plan to Exempt G.I.'s from U.N. Court"
By Frederic L. Kirgis
July 2004

Distinctions Between International and U.S. Foreign Relations Law Issues Regarding Treatment of Suspected Terrorists
By Frederic L. Kirgis
June 2004

Adoption of the Treaty on the Constitution for Europe
By Francesca Astengo and Nanette Neuwahl
June 2004

Ongoing WTO Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies
By Marc Benitah
June 2004

Legality of a Request by the Interim Iraqi Government for the Continued Presence of United States Military Forces
By Christopher J. Le Mon
June 2004
Addendum By Christopher J. Le Mon, June 2004

International Legal Issues Surrounding the Mistreatment of Iraqi Detainees by American Forces
By Leila Nadya Sadat
May 2004

Israel's Targeted Killings of Hamas Leaders
By Mayur Patel
May 2004

Revision of the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations
By David P. Fidler
April 2004

Guyana Invokes Annex VII of United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea Against Suriname for Disputed Maritime Boundary
By Thomas W. Donovan
April 2004

Consular Notification and the Death Penalty: The ICJ’s Judgment in Avena
By William J. Aceves
April 2004

The Legal Status of Coalition Forces in Iraq After the June 30 Handover
By Mayur Patel
March 2004

Security Council Resolution on Multinational Interim Force in Haiti
By Frederic L. Kirgis
March 2004

Alleged Monitoring of United Nations Telephone Calls
By Frederic L. Kirgis
March 2004

United States Charges and Proceedings Against Two Guantanamo Detainees for Conspiracy to Commit Crimes Associated with Armed Conflict
By Frederic L. Kirgis
March 2004

Global Outbreak of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) and International Law
By David P. Fidler
January 2004

__________________2003__________________

Venues for Prosecuting Saddam Hussein: The Legal Framework
By Diane F. Orentlicher
December 2003

WTO Issues Relating to U.S. Restrictions on Participation in Iraq Reconstruction Contracts
By David Palmeter and Niall P. Meagher
December 2003

Argentine Military Officers Face Trial in Spanish Courts
By Richard J. Wilson
December 2003

The UN General Assembly Requests a World Court Advisory Opinion On Israel’s Separation Barrier
By Pieter H.F. Bekker
December 2003

WTO Rules Against US Safeguard Measures on Steel
By Eliza Patterson
November 2003
Addendum By Eliza Patterson, December 2003

The World Court Finds that U.S. Attacks on Iranian Oil Platforms in 1987-1988 Were Not Justifiable as Self-Defense, but the United States Did Not Violate the Applicable Treaty with Iran
By Pieter H.F. Bekker
November 2003

Manipulation of Exchange Rates in International Law: The Chinese Yuan
By Erik Denters
November 2003

China’s Fixed Exchange Rate for the Yuan: Could the United States Challenge It in the WTO as a Subsidy?
(corrected version)
By Marc Benitah
October 2003
Corrigendum By Marc Benitah, October 2003

Legal Issues Raised by Profitable Biotechnology Development Through Marine Scientific Research

By Montserrat Gorina-Ysern
September 2003

Security Council Resolution 1502 on the Protection of Humanitarian and United Nations Personnel

By Frederic L. Kirgis
September 2003

The Legal Status of Foreign Economic Interests in Occupied Iraq

By Pieter H.F. Bekker
July 2003

The Obligation of the Coalition Provisional Authority to Protect Iraq’s Cultural Heritage

By Ali Khan
July 2003
Addendum By Ali Khan, July 2003

Belgian Law concerning The Punishment of Grave Breaches of International Humanitarian Law: A Contested Law with Uncontested Objectives
By Stefaan Smis and Kim Van der Borght
July 2003

Same-Sex Marriage: Canada, Europe and the United States

By Ralf Michaels
June 2003

The Arrest Warrant Against The Liberian President, Charles Taylor

By Cesare P.R. Romano and André Nollkaemper
June 2003

Diplomatic Immunities in Iraq

By Frederic L. Kirgis
June 2003

Developments involving SARS, International Law, and Infectious Disease Control at the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the World Health Assembly

By David P. Fidler
June 2003

Security Council Resolution 1483 on the Rebuilding of Iraq

By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 2003
Addendum By Thomas D. Grant, June 2003

The U.S. President, Once Again, Rejects Import Sanctions Against China

By Eliza Patterson
May 2003

Reservations to Treaties and United States Practice

By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 2003

Consular Notification and the Death Penalty: The World Court’s Provisional Measures Order in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States)

By Pieter H.F. Bekker
April 2003

Prorogated and Universal Jurisdiction in the International Court: The Congo v. France

By Pieter H.F. Bekker
April 2003

The U.S. as Occupying Power Over Portions of Iraq and Relevant Responsibilities Under the Laws of War

By Jordan J. Paust
April 2003

SARS and International Law

By David P. Fidler
April 2003

World Health Organization’s Framework Convention for Tobacco Control

By David P. Fidler
March 28, 2003

Armed Force in Iraq

By Frederic L. Kirgis
March 18, 2003
Addendum By Mary Ellen O'Connell, April 2003

World Trade Organization Ruling on US Continued Dumping and Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA)

By Eliza Patterson
February 2003

Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Law

By David P. Fidler
February 2003

North Korea's Withdrawal from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

By Frederic L. Kirgis
January 2003

World Court Consular Notification and Death Penalty Challenge Revisited: Mexico v. United States

By Pieter H. F. Bekker
January 2003

__________________2002__________________

Boarding of North Korean Vessel on the High Seas
By Frederic L. Kirgis
December 2002

Religion and International Law

By Mark Weston Janis
November 2002
Addendum By Suryanarayan Sinha, December 2002

Security Council Resolution 1441 on Iraq’s Final Opportunity to Comply with Disarmament Obligations

By Frederic L. Kirgis
November 2002

New Supreme Court Term Includes Issues of Foreign Sovereign Immunity

By Carlos Manuel Vázquez
October 2002
Addendum By Carlos Manuel Vázquez, May 2003

The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic
By Leila Nadya Sadat
October 2002

Authority of the Security Council to Exempt Peacekeepers from International Criminal Court Proceedings

By Bryan MacPherson
July 2002

Pre-emptive Action to Forestall Terrorism

By Frederic L. Kirgis
June 2002

U.S. Announces Intent Not to Ratify International Criminal Court Treat
y
By Curtis A. Bradley
May 2002

The International Criminal Court Treaty Enters Into Force

By Leila Nadya Sadat
April 2002

Canadian Softwood Lumber: What Kind of Ruling Could Emerge from a WTO Panel?

By Marc Benitah
March 2002
Addendum By Marc Benitah, July 2002
Update, January 2004

The US Provides Section 201 Relief for the American Steel Industry

By Eliza Patterson
March 2002

Partial Victory for Zimbabwe President Mugabe in U.S. Litigation Alleging Human Rights Violations
By Linda M. Keller
March 2002
Addendum

World Court Orders Belgium to Cancel an Arrest Warrant Issued Against the Congolese Foreign Minister

By Pieter H.F. Bekker
February 2002

Status of Detainees in International Armed Conflict, and their Protection in the Course of Criminal Proceedings

By John Cerone
January 2002

__________________2001__________________

Tribunals and the Events of September 11th
By Ruth Wedgwood
December 2001

Nicaragua Sues Colombia before the World Court over a Dispute Concerning Territorial Questions and Maritime Delimitation in the Western Caribbean

By Pieter H. F. Bekker
December 2001

Israel's Intensified Military Campaign Against Terrorism

By Frederic L. Kirgis 
December 2001

Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

By Frederic L. Kirgis 
September 2001
Addendum By Gregory H. Fox, September 2001
Addendum By Jordan Paust, September 2001
Comment By John Cerone, September 2001
Comment By Arnold N. Pronto, September 2001
Addendum By B. Welling Hall, September 2001
Addendum
By Frederic L. Kirgis, September 2001
Addendum By Jordan Paust, September 2001
Comment By Said Mahmoudi, September 2001
Addendum By Montserrat Gorina-Ysern, September 2001
Addendum
By Frederic L. Kirgis, October 2001
Comment
By Jordan J. Paust, October 2001
Addendum By Surya Narayan Sinha, November 2001
Comment By Andres E. Montalvo, November 2001
Addendum By Carsten Stahn, December 2001

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic To Be Tried in The Hague for Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Allegedly Committed in Kosovo

By Ruth Wedgwood 
July 2001

World Court Rules Against the U.S. in LaGrand Case

By Frederic L. Kirgis 
July 2001

Indictments Regarding the Bombing of U.S. Quarters in Saudi Arabia

By Frederic L. Kirgis 
June 2001 

Liechtenstein Sues Germany before the World Court over a Dispute Concerning Property Seized by Czechoslovakia During World War II

By Pieter H.F. Bekker 
June 2001

Belgian Jury to Decide Case Concerning Rwandan Genocide

By Linda Keller 
May 2001
Addendum June 2001  

The UK Human Rights Act 

By Bonnie H. Weinstein 
May 2001 

Proposed Missile Defenses and the ABM Treaty

By Frederic L. Kirgis 
May 2001
Addendum By Frederic L. Kirgis August 2001
Response to Addendum By André de Hoogh, August 2001
Reply to Response By David Sloss, August 2001
Reply By Cédric van Assche, September 2001
Addendum By Frederic L. Kirgis December 2001

The US-EU Agreement to Resolve the Banana Dispute

By Eliza Patterson 
April 2001 

Israeli Military Action in Gaza and The U.S. Response

By Frederic L. Kirgis
April 2001

A New United Nations Subsidiary Organ: The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

By John Carey and Siegfried Wiessner
April 2001

United States Reconnaissance Aircraft Collision with Chinese Jet

By Frederic L. Kirgis
April 2001

Judgment of Trial Chamber II in the Kunarac, Kovac and Vukovic Case 

By Julie Mertus
March 2001

The Ehime Maru Incident and the Law
 
By Thomas J. Schoenbaum
March 2001

The US-EU Banana Dispute

By Eliza Patterson
February 2001

U.S.-British Air Strikes on Targets in Iraq

By Frederic L. Kirgis
February 2001

The Lockerbie Trial Verdict

By Michael P. Scharf
February 2001

The EU and Chile Suspend the Swordfish Case Proceedings at the WTO and the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea 

By Marcos Orellana
February 2001

__________________2000__________________

OAS Mediates in Belize-Guatemala Border Dispute
By Montserrat Gorina-Ysern
December 2000

Pinochet Arrest in Chile

By Frederic L. Kirgis
December 2000

U.S. Litigation Concerning Japanese Forced Labor in World War II 

By David D. Caron and Adam Schneider
October 2000

French Court Proceedings against Muammar Qadhafi

By Frederic L. Kirgis
October 2000

The Democratic Republic of the Congo Requests the World Court to Order Belgium to Annul an Arrest Warrant issued against the Congo's Foreign Minister

By Pieter H.F. Bekker
October 2000

Outlining KFOR Accountability in Post-Conflict Kosovo

By John Cerone
October 2000

The Special Court for Sierra Leone

By Michael P. Scharf
October 2000

The Right to Participate in the Debates of the Security Council

By Friedrich Soltau
October 2000

Implications of Codex Standards for the Regulation of Genetically Modified Food

By Judson O. Berkey
September 2000

Alien Tort Claims Act Proceeding Against Robert Mugabe

By Frederic L. Kirgis
September 2000

__________________1999__________________

Russian Use of Force in Grozny
By Frederic L. Kirgis
December 1999

International Law Implications from the 1999 Pakistani Coup d'etat

By Ilias Bantekas and Zahid F. Ebrahim
November 1999

The Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods

By Judson O. Berkey
October 1999

World Court Rejects Yugoslav Requests to Enjoin Ten NATO Members from Bombing Yugoslavia
By Pieter H.F. Bekker and Christopher J. Borgen
June 1999

The Indictment of Slobodan Milosevic

By Michael P. Scharf
June 1999

NATO Interdiction of Oil Tankers Bound for Yugoslavia

By Frederic L. Kirgis
April 1999
Further Views: Oil Blockade Threatens International Law of the Sea
By Philippe Sands, April 1999

The Kosovo Situation and NATO Military Action

By Frederic L. Kirgis
March 1999
Counterpoint: Human Rights Should Know No Boundaries
By Julie Mertus, April 1999
Comment By Branko M. Rakic, April 1999

__________________1998__________________

International Court of Justice Rejects Jurisdiction in Fisheries Jurisdiction Case brought by Spain against Canada
By Pieter H.F. Bekker
December 1998

The Pinochet Arrest and Possible Extradition to Spain

By Frederic L. Kirgis
October 1998

Cruise Missile Strikes in Afghanistan and Sudan

By Frederic L. Kirgis
August 1998
Comment
By Hisham al-Zoubeir, October 1998
Response By Frederic Kirgis, October 1998

Results of the Rome Conference for an International Criminal Court

By Michael P. Scharf
August 1998

UN Commission Awards $187 Million Against Iraq

By Roger P. Alford
July 1998

United States Dues Arrearages in the United Nations and Possible Loss of Vote in the UN General Assembly

By Frederic L. Kirgis
July 1998

Rome Diplomatic Conference for an International Criminal Court

By Michael P. Scharf
June 1998

International Court of Justice Upholds its Jurisdiction in Case Brought by Cameroon against Nigeria

By Pieter H.F. Bekker
June 1998

India's Nuclear Tests

By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 1998

International Court of Justice Orders United States to Stay Execution of Paraguayan National in Virginia

By Pieter Bekker & Keith Highet
April 1998

International Court of Justice Upholds its Jurisdiction in Lockerbie Cases

By Pieter H.F. Bekker
March 1998

The OECD Convention on Bribery

By Geoffrey R. Watson
March 1998

China's Accession to the WTO

By Frederick M. Abbott
January 1998
Supplemental Note
February 1999

__________________1997__________________

The Legal Background on the Use of Force to Induce Iraq to Comply with Security Council Resolutions
By Frederic L. Kirgis
November 1997
Comment By Edwin D. Williamson, March 1998

Extradition from Israel of Maryland Youth
By Frederic L. Kirgis
October 1997

International Agreements and U.S. Law

By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 1997

Treaties as Binding International Obligation

By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 1997

International Commercial Arbitration
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By Clifford Larsen
April 1997

Comment: Letter from U.S. State Department former Legal Advisers 
By Abram Chayes, Leonard Meeker, Monroe Leigh, Herbert Hansell, Roberts Owen, Davis Robinson, Abraham Sofaer, Conrad Harper, December 15, 1997

The OSCE: An Essential Component of European Security

By Miriam Sapiro
March 1997

Helms-Burton, the U.S., and the WTO

By John H. Jackson & Andreas F. Lowenfeld
March 1997

__________________1996__________________

Advisory Opinions of the World Court on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons
By Pieter H.F. Bekker
November 1996

The Yugoslav Tribunal and Deferral of National Prosecutions of War Criminals

By Dorothea Beane
September 1996

The Free Trade Agreement of the Americas and Legal Harmonization

By Craig L. Jackson
June 1996

The Concept of Market Contestability and New Agenda of the Multilateral Trading System

By Thomas J. Schoenbaum
March 1996

Enforcing International Law

By Frederic L. Kirgis, Jr.
January 1996

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